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Key Databases in Terrorism Studies

Janes Terrorism and Insurgency Events This link opens in a new window
Terrorism and Insurgency events identifies global event occurrences classified by Attacks, Operations, Statements, Judicial, and Actions and the target sectors affected. CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center
Find scholarly literature, government documents, and research analysis on virtually every dimension of security & counter-terrorism.
Homeland Security Digital Library
Provides access to U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents, as well as specialized resources such as dissertations, reports, and position papers from universities, research institutions, think tanks, U.S. local and state agencies, and international organizations. View a tutorial on this database here.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Article Databases (SIPRI)
Contains full-text search in NATO Review articles, 1991-97. Indexes multiple databases.
Legal Collection
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A collection of scholarly publications including law journals, documents and case studies. Provides information on international law, criminal justice, organized crime, ethics and more.

Key Journals in Terrorism Studies

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression
Peer-reviewed journal containing empirical and theoretical research on the causation and effects of terrorism from a behavioral science perspective.
Critical Studies on Terrorism
Peer-reviewed journal containing scholarly research on all aspects of state terror, terrorism, and counter-terrorism. Includes empirical, theoretical and policy-orientated literature examining problems with the terrorism label.
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward terrorism and genocide
Peer-reviewed journal containing case histories, text analyses, empirical and theoretical reviews, original research, and formal modelling on understanding and ameliorating conflict.
Terrorism Monitor
Bi-weekly publication by The Jamestown Foundation providing in-depth, objective analysis on terrorism and security studies. (OA)
International Journal of Terrorism and Political Hot Spots
Peer-reviewed journal containing research on a broad range of topics in terrorism, including international terrorism, prevention, security, state-sponsored terrorism, counter-terrorism, bioterrorism, etc.
Perspectives on Terrorism
Peer-reviewed journal published by the Terrorism Research Initiative containing research on preventing and responding to terrorism and violent conflict. Includes evidence-based, empirical research and analysis. (OA)
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Peer-reviewed journal contains empirical and theoretical studies on the origins and implications of terrorism and insurgency.
Terrorism and Political Violence
Peer-reviewed journal publishing interdisciplinary research on a broad range of issues relating to terrorism and political violence (protest, organized crime, revolutions, social networks, etc).